Unisex name · since 1992

Janvier

Janvier has 22 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#28,208 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,622 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
22
born since 1992
2000s
peak decade

Janvier currently ranks #12622 among unisex names in America, with 22 babies recorded since 1992.

Social Security Administration records show Janvier recorded 22 times among boys since 1992, holding rank #12622 nationally today, ahead of 9% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.

  • #28,208 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,622 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 22 born since 1992
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janvier ranks #28,208 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,622 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 22 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.

#28,208 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,622 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
22
born since 1992
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.3%
Janvier vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Janvier's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Janvier compares

22 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Janvier's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Janvier Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 22 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Janvier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Janvier's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Janvier popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
7
Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1992200920162025 5

Janvier popularity over time - girls

15 total births recorded since 1979 (Janvier as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 15 births
5 197919811990 5

Janvier by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (7 births, 32% of the file).

2000s was Janvier's strongest decade.

7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.

Janvier births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7 births (32% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Janvier?
Janvier has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1992, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,208 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #12,622 of 13,930. 7 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Janvier sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janvier ranks #28,208 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,622 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Janvier most popular?
Janvier was most popular in the 2000s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Is Janvier a unisex name?
Yes, Janvier is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 22 births, and as a girl's name it has 15 births.
How long has the name Janvier been used?
The SSA has tracked Janvier since 1992 -- 34 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Janvier?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jan, Jansen, Janet, Janson, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Janvier's data

  • Janvier's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Janvier: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Janvier draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.